Match-magazine for machines for filling boxes with matches.



H. A. GSELL.

MATCH MAGAZINE FOR MACHINES FOB FILLING BOXES WITH MATCHES.

APPLICATION FILED MARlZ, 1914;

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED MAILZ, 1914.

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HENRY ALFRED GSELL, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

MATCH-MAGAZINE FOR MACHINES FOB, FILLING BOXES "W 1TH M11'I'GHES.

Application filed March 2, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ALFRED GsnLL, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, residing at Paris, France, have invented new and useful Improvements in Match-Magazines for Machines for Filling Boxes with Matches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In machines for filling boxes with matches, the magazine for delivering a given number of matches into the match boxes is usually stationary. If the magazine is movable it is so disposed that it cannot be easily and quickly transported and special means have to be provided for moving the magazine during the filling operation. Now when the level of the matches in such a magazine has sunk to a certain depth, refilling of the magazine is necessary. This filling operation is very dangerous to the person operating the filling machine as explosions frequently take place in the match magazine in connection with this operation. For this reason there have been issued orders to the effect that the match box filling machine must not be in motion during the filling of the magazine with matches. This however, involves a considerable waste of time, while the capacity of the filling machine is not fully utilized, since it is necessary to stop the machine every 3 to 10 minutes in order to refill the match magazine, for which latter purpose the following operations are necessary: (a) the weight upon the matches on the magazine has to be removed. (6) the charging box filled with matches has to be inserted into the match magazine of the filling machine; (c) the empty charging box has to be withdrawn from the match magazine. ((13) the weight has to be lowered again upon the matches; and (e) the matches delivered into the match magazines have to be put straight.

Ihis invention has for its object to provide an improved arrangement and construction of the match magazines of the ma chines for filling boxes with matches whereby the magazines remaining stationary in Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1%15.

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their operative discharging position may be brought into the latter while the machine is running, without it being necessary to stop the filling machine and whereby the insertion of a charged magazine directly removes an empty magazine from the operative discharging position. Hereby the person charged with the chan ing of the magazine 18 protected against explosions. For this purpose there are provided according to this invention at least two movable match magazines, one of which is filled with matches and is in operative position above the boxes to be filled, while in the other magazine or magazines which are not in operative position the above mentioned operations are taking place, whereby when the level of the matches in the magazine which is in operative position has sunk to a certain depth, the empty magazine can be replaced very quickly by a previously charged match magazine.

By this improvement in the match magazine of match box filling machines, the operator is completely protected against explosions in the match magazine and the output of the machine is considerably increased owing to the fact that the filling machine need not be stopped during the changing of the match magazines.

The accompanying drawings show by way of example several constructions of the invention in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine for filling boxes with matches, showing a construction in which two match magazines can rotate at a time on a common axle, Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross section on the line IIII of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section on the line III-III of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is an end view of this machine; Fig. 5 shows in a diagrammatic manner a construction in which four match magazines can rotate on a common axle. Fig. 6 shows an elevation of a construction in which the magazines are arranged side by side in a row so that they may be moved in this row from the charging position into the operative position and Fig. 7 is a corresponding elevation showing these magazines in another position.

In the Figs. 14; I have shown the improvements according to the present invention in connection with a machine for filling boxes with matches as described and illustrated in my previous Patent No. 1,081,379, dated December 16, 1913. I shall therefore describe hereinafter only those parts of this machine which are necessary for the understanding of the present invention.

In the magazines 1, 1 1 and 1 are contained horizontally arranged matches, which have to be filled into boxes. In order to enable a certain quantity of matches to be measured off for each box the plunger 2 will be raised, said plunger being actuated by a cam-disk 4. through the medium of a slide 5, shown in Fig. 4 in dotted lines moving in a slide 6 of the frame 7, and link 8 and lever 9.

Between the plunger 2 and the level of 1 the measuring slides or knives 10 (Figs. 13)

there is left a space corresponding to the volume of one box.

l/Vhen the measuring slides or knives 10,

which are also actuated by the cam-disk 1 through the medium of lever 11 and link 12 acting upon a bar 13, are moved backward, the matches drop upon the plunger 2. Afterward the knives are again moved forward entering between the matches of the corresponding compartment so that the matches above the level of the knives are separated from the matches supported by the plunger 2, and the latter will be lowered to a position where the matches are taken off.

The knives 10 are pivoted horizontally on the reciprocating bar 13 by means of links 14 and screws 15. Each link is provided with a pin 16 engaged by a spring 17 The operation of these knives is clearly described in the hereinbefore mentioned previous application.

22 denote pistons connected to a bar 24 reciprocated by means of a connecting link 23 and a link 28 by a cam disk 25. These pistons push, in the position shown in Fig. 3, the matches measured off, into the boxes 26. All these parts are already known and do not form a part of the present invention.

In the machine shown by way of example in Figs. 1-1 the four magazines 1, 1*, 1 and 1 are arranged in pairs on both its sides. According to this invention the magazines of each pair rotate on a common axle. The magazines 1 and 1 are pivotally mounted on a vertical axle 27 and the magazines 1 and 1 on a vertical axle 28. These magazines are closed by glass plates 29 which form their rear walls against which the heads of the matches bear. These glass plates constitute a protection agains explosions which may take place in the magazines 1 and 1 (Figs. 1-2) which are in operative position, because all the operations of filling the magazines 1 and 1 (Fig. 2) take place behind its glass wall. The lower portion of each side of the magazines 1, 1 1" and 1 has a groove 30. These grooves are adapted to receive a plate 31 (Figs. 2 and 1) which is provided with a handle 32 and is adapted to close the magazines at the bottom while they are being charged. The magazines 1 and 1 are charged with matches while the matches in the matchmagazines 1 and 1 which are in operative position are being discharged. lVhen the magazine 1 or 1 has been emptied, the magazine 1 or 1 respectively is brought into the operative position of the magazine 1 or 1 by rotating the former in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 2. By the rotation of the magazine 1 or 1 into the operative position, the magazine 1 or 1 respectively is moved from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 into a position in which the operator can conveniently charge the said magazine with matches. I

It is to be understood that more than two containers may be arranged to rotate on the common axis in cases where it is desired to keep a number of magazines in reserve. Such a construction with four magazines 1 rotating on a common axle 33 is shown for example in a diagrammatic manner in Fig. 5.

The invention may of course be subjected to modifications other than those hereinbefore referred to without departing from the nature of the invention. Thus, for instance, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 a number of magazines 1 1 1 may be arranged 'side'by side in a row on a frame 34: connected in a suitable mannerwith the apparatus (not shown) for filling the boxes with the matches. The so arranged magazines can be moved in this row from the charging position into the operative position. In this case the maga zines are moved as shown by the arrows first from left to right and then from right to left, or, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6, a magazine may be removed from the end of the row and be replaced at the beginning of the row. A vertical partition 35 (Fig. 6) is preferably provided between the magazine in the operative position and the magazine to be charged in order that the operator intrusted with the charging of the magazine may be protected against explosions. Likewise in this arrangement of course more than three magazines may be arranged one behind another in a row.

What I claim is:

1. In a machine for filling boxes with matches, the combination of a plurality of movable match magazines each consisting of a single compartment, one of said magazines being stationary and in operative discharging position and the other being in the position in which it can be charged with matches, means whereby said magazines may be alternately and interchangeably shifted to the loading and discharging position, knives arranged below the discharging magazines, and means for moving said knives to measure a certain quantity of matches from the store of matches contained in the compartment situated in the operative discharging position.

2. In a machine for filling boxes With matches, the combination of a vertical shaft,

a plurality of match magazines pivotally mounted on said shaft, each of said magazines consisting of a single compartment and one of them remaining stationary in the operative discharging position and the other being in the position in which it can be charged With matches, said magazines being alternately and interchangeably shiftable to the loading and discharging position, knives arranged below the magazines in discharging position, and means for moving said lmives to measure a certain quantity of matches from the store of matches contained in the compartment situated in discharging position.

3. In a machine for filling boxes With matches, the combination of vertical shafts, match magazines each consisting of a single compartment, a plurality of such magazines pivotally mounted on each of said shafts,

one of the magazines mounted on a common shaft and remaining stationary being in the operative discharging position, While the other magazine mounted on said common shaft is in the position in which it can be charged with matches, said magazines being alternately and interchangeably shiftable to the loading and discharging position, mov able plates closing the bottom of the single magazines, glass Walls forming the rear Wall of the latter, knives arranged below said discharging magazines, and means for moving said knives to measure a certain quantity of matches from the store of matches contained in the compartments situated inthe operative discharging position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY ALFRED GSELL.

\Vitnesses OSCAR LIEBENBAER, Crime. P. PInRsBY.

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